Mark Annand
@markannand.bsky.social
Born at 313ppm. If it's nearby, enjoy www.twotunnels.org.uk.
"Ghostbusters" 'cos, that clarinet on the sidewalk.
Profile photo credit @confluentious
"Ghostbusters" 'cos, that clarinet on the sidewalk.
Profile photo credit @confluentious
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January 3, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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Last night, coming back from Clun Castle rook was so excited as i chased the moon and could not believe my luck as it lined up with a rookery - hiding behind a hedge i was able to get my shots. OM1mk2 and the superb 50-200 and 2x. @omsystem.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Last night, coming back from Clun Castle rook was so excited as i chased the moon and could not believe my luck as it lined up with a rookery - hiding behind a hedge i was able to get my shots. OM1mk2 and the superb 50-200 and 2x. @omsystem.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
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Cable sabotage suspect FITBURG is sporting a WWII-era satire sketch depicting a laughing sawfish cutting a communication line on her bridge.
Ship is detained by Finland after allegedly cutting comms lines between Finland and Estonia Dec 30.
Ship is detained by Finland after allegedly cutting comms lines between Finland and Estonia Dec 30.
January 3, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Cable sabotage suspect FITBURG is sporting a WWII-era satire sketch depicting a laughing sawfish cutting a communication line on her bridge.
Ship is detained by Finland after allegedly cutting comms lines between Finland and Estonia Dec 30.
Ship is detained by Finland after allegedly cutting comms lines between Finland and Estonia Dec 30.
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100% seriously, European leaders and Commission officials should plan on the basis that the US might do this to them too, about Greenland, about tech regulation, about “Christian values”, about “free speech”, whatever.
Fucking hell.
Think the referance to US Law Enforcement here is quite telling as well: a huge extension of how far the US feels its laws reach.
Apparently its fine to now attack and kidnap a head of state because of 'US law'. Fucking hell.
Think the referance to US Law Enforcement here is quite telling as well: a huge extension of how far the US feels its laws reach.
Apparently its fine to now attack and kidnap a head of state because of 'US law'. Fucking hell.
Trump says Maduro is in US custody.
January 3, 2026 at 9:59 AM
100% seriously, European leaders and Commission officials should plan on the basis that the US might do this to them too, about Greenland, about tech regulation, about “Christian values”, about “free speech”, whatever.
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One bonus of waking up early is getting to see this
January 3, 2026 at 7:31 AM
One bonus of waking up early is getting to see this
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Apropos of nothing in particular, the main charge at Nuremburg was plotting and waging aggressive war.
January 3, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Apropos of nothing in particular, the main charge at Nuremburg was plotting and waging aggressive war.
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Big question for Congress as to whether they will care about their own constitutional role (or, indeed, care about anything at all)
I fear we already know the answer to that
I fear we already know the answer to that
January 3, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Big question for Congress as to whether they will care about their own constitutional role (or, indeed, care about anything at all)
I fear we already know the answer to that
I fear we already know the answer to that
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The "thrash cupboard"
January 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM
The "thrash cupboard"
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"Unlock the carriage doors please, HAL."
January 2, 2026 at 8:57 PM
"Unlock the carriage doors please, HAL."
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I'm grateful for this review: substack.com/home/post/p-...
December 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I'm grateful for this review: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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'Broadcast marks historic radio site's 100th year:
The message alerted the world that "British official wireless news messages" would be transmitted from 1 Jan 1926 "by the new high power wireless telegraph station recently erected at Hilmorton near Rugby'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The message alerted the world that "British official wireless news messages" would be transmitted from 1 Jan 1926 "by the new high power wireless telegraph station recently erected at Hilmorton near Rugby'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Broadcast marks historic Rugby Radio Station's 100th year
Morse and voice messages were broadcast from the Rugby site with replies from across the world.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 7:58 PM
'Broadcast marks historic radio site's 100th year:
The message alerted the world that "British official wireless news messages" would be transmitted from 1 Jan 1926 "by the new high power wireless telegraph station recently erected at Hilmorton near Rugby'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The message alerted the world that "British official wireless news messages" would be transmitted from 1 Jan 1926 "by the new high power wireless telegraph station recently erected at Hilmorton near Rugby'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Happy New Year!
Yesterday I got the first train of 2026 from London to York to see some lovely family members 💙
And I’m here to talk about one of my other favourite subjects - trains!
I only booked my tickets the day before, as I wanted to check everyone was … 1/9
Yesterday I got the first train of 2026 from London to York to see some lovely family members 💙
And I’m here to talk about one of my other favourite subjects - trains!
I only booked my tickets the day before, as I wanted to check everyone was … 1/9
January 2, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Happy New Year!
Yesterday I got the first train of 2026 from London to York to see some lovely family members 💙
And I’m here to talk about one of my other favourite subjects - trains!
I only booked my tickets the day before, as I wanted to check everyone was … 1/9
Yesterday I got the first train of 2026 from London to York to see some lovely family members 💙
And I’m here to talk about one of my other favourite subjects - trains!
I only booked my tickets the day before, as I wanted to check everyone was … 1/9
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This is quite an important point; if you are a UK citizen with Twitter on your phone, opening it up is like playing Russian roulette that the algorithm might commit a strict liability offence on your behalf.
Has everyone whose scroll the illegal image appeared on also committed an offence by downloading it? This is one of those AI worst case scenarios that ought to make everyone aware of the current direction of travel.
January 2, 2026 at 12:03 PM
This is quite an important point; if you are a UK citizen with Twitter on your phone, opening it up is like playing Russian roulette that the algorithm might commit a strict liability offence on your behalf.
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But more importantly; govts are more easily derailed by other people’s agendas *when they don’t have a clear & well communicated sense of their own agenda + robust policy to achieve it*. Fix that instead of whinging to the Times.
January 2, 2026 at 8:31 AM
But more importantly; govts are more easily derailed by other people’s agendas *when they don’t have a clear & well communicated sense of their own agenda + robust policy to achieve it*. Fix that instead of whinging to the Times.
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The automated sexual abuse that Musk is doing right now should be national news. People should be going to prison for this shit. The logical conclusion to generative image creation and the internet, pure public automatic violence. Every Pizzagate fear just out in the open.
January 2, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The automated sexual abuse that Musk is doing right now should be national news. People should be going to prison for this shit. The logical conclusion to generative image creation and the internet, pure public automatic violence. Every Pizzagate fear just out in the open.
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I admire Ukrainian Railways.
You can check online if a train is delayed, even by just five minutes.
And this – in a country at a full-scale war for almost four years.
Heroes 💪
You can check online if a train is delayed, even by just five minutes.
And this – in a country at a full-scale war for almost four years.
Heroes 💪
January 2, 2026 at 8:57 AM
I admire Ukrainian Railways.
You can check online if a train is delayed, even by just five minutes.
And this – in a country at a full-scale war for almost four years.
Heroes 💪
You can check online if a train is delayed, even by just five minutes.
And this – in a country at a full-scale war for almost four years.
Heroes 💪
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You're all welcome to have automated brain chip surgery from the guy who built the Cybertruck and can't get his own pet AI to stop calling him a bitch in between generating child pornography.
I'll pass, but y'all go nuts.
I'll pass, but y'all go nuts.
January 2, 2026 at 8:54 AM
You're all welcome to have automated brain chip surgery from the guy who built the Cybertruck and can't get his own pet AI to stop calling him a bitch in between generating child pornography.
I'll pass, but y'all go nuts.
I'll pass, but y'all go nuts.
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An excellent study laying out the economics and transportation choices offered by e-bikes/scooters.
“If you commute on an e-bike 20 km a day, five days a week, your charging cost would be about $20AUS—annually.”
arstechnica.com/cars/2023/11...
“If you commute on an e-bike 20 km a day, five days a week, your charging cost would be about $20AUS—annually.”
arstechnica.com/cars/2023/11...
280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles
E-bikes and scooters displace 4x as much demand for oil as all of the EVs in the world.
arstechnica.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:24 AM
An excellent study laying out the economics and transportation choices offered by e-bikes/scooters.
“If you commute on an e-bike 20 km a day, five days a week, your charging cost would be about $20AUS—annually.”
arstechnica.com/cars/2023/11...
“If you commute on an e-bike 20 km a day, five days a week, your charging cost would be about $20AUS—annually.”
arstechnica.com/cars/2023/11...
The ticket office chap said I was fine to travel on an off peak ticket before 7am and he was right. Tumbleweed on the 06:57 stopper to Bristol.
January 2, 2026 at 7:08 AM
The ticket office chap said I was fine to travel on an off peak ticket before 7am and he was right. Tumbleweed on the 06:57 stopper to Bristol.
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Harwell Campus is to light up the sky tonight to celebrate its 80th anniversary. From 5pm to 9pm, the UK’s most powerful display laser will shine from the centre of the iconic Diamond Light Source, creating ‘The Beam’, a vertical pillar of light in the night sky, visible across the county👇
A sky full of science: Harwell to light up Oxfordshire sky as it celebrates its 80th birthday on New Year's Day - Harwell Campus
Harwell Campus turns 80 with The Beam — a striking New Year’s Day 2026 laser display illuminating the sky from Diamond Light Source and visible across Oxfordshire.
www.harwellcampus.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Harwell Campus is to light up the sky tonight to celebrate its 80th anniversary. From 5pm to 9pm, the UK’s most powerful display laser will shine from the centre of the iconic Diamond Light Source, creating ‘The Beam’, a vertical pillar of light in the night sky, visible across the county👇
